176 THE OCEAN 



and so impressed with the swift and terrible 

 punishment which had overtaken their fellows 

 that they moved across the bay, laid the foun- 

 dations of Kingston and settled down to lives 

 of commerce, agriculture and honesty. 



Perchance at some distant time, or perhaps 

 within a month or a week, another convulsion 

 of nature will raise these sunken cities above 

 the sea. Once more men may walk through 

 the long-silent and deserted streets and may 

 again take possession of the gold and treasure 

 so long buried beneath the waters of the vic- 

 torious sea. 



